3-point contest News - MinnesotaSportsFan https://www.minnesotasportsfan.com/tag/3-point-contest/ Minnesota sports, but different Sun, 18 Feb 2024 14:05:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.minnesotasportsfan.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=32,height=32,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/cropped-cropped-MSF-favicon-1.jpg 3-point contest News - MinnesotaSportsFan https://www.minnesotasportsfan.com/tag/3-point-contest/ 32 32 Will Anthony Edwards Really Play All-Star Game Left-Handed After Failed Skills Competition? https://www.minnesotasportsfan.com/minnesota-timberwolves/anthony-edwards-left-handed-nba-all-star-game/ Sun, 18 Feb 2024 04:54:12 +0000 https://www.minnesotasportsfan.com/?p=47940 It’s the NBA All-Star break and most of the league is taking their week off to kick back on vacation or at home with family, as they wait for the final 30-game stretch of the season to begin. Minnesota Timberwolves blossoming superstar Anthony Edwards is not one of those players, though.

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After making the first All-Star roster of his career, Ant is in Indianapolis with the rest of the elite talent in the NBA. The actual All-Star game isn’t until Sunday evening, but Edwards didn’t wait until then to make Indy interesting. He’s already made an enemy out of Kawhi Leonard after he called him old.

Anthony Edwards committed to playing All-Star game (and weekend) left-handed

But even more intriguing than that, is Ant’s commitment to doing everything left-handed this entire weekend. It started with the skills competition, which was held early on Saturday evening. He’s been practicing his lefty 3-pointers from the corner… but it didn’t show today.

Some found it funny, others did not. Some also thought Anthony Edwards was so good with his left hand that he could be considered amedextres. We found out that is definitely not the case. So… he isn’t going to actually play the All-Star game left-handed, right?

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Maybe he’s changed his mind after such a brutal performance on Saturday, one that single-handedly lost his team the skills competition. But… as far as we know, Ant still plans to play the entire All-Star game on Sunday left-handed too. Whatever he inhaled prior to this interview seems to be of the left-handed variety, as well.

Like in other professional All-Star or Pro Bowl events, none of the participants in Sunday’s game will take it all that serious… but if Anthony Edwards plays the entire contest with his left hand, he would take ‘exhibition’ to another level.

A level I’m not so sure Timberwolves head coach Chris Finch, who is also coaching the West All-Stars this year, will allow it after what we saw on Saturday night, either. Or the NBA commissioner, for that matter.

]]> Sun, 18 Feb 2024 08:05:19 +0000 Minnesota Timberwolves Multiple Minnesota Timberwolves Participating in NBA All-Star Competitions https://www.minnesotasportsfan.com/minnesota-timberwolves/minnesota-timberwolves-nba-all-star-weekend-karl-anthony-towns-anthony-edwards/ Thu, 08 Feb 2024 18:53:13 +0000 https://www.minnesotasportsfan.com/?p=47665 There are two Minnesota Timberwolves who were chosen as Western Conference All-Stars this season and both players, Anthony Edwards and Karl-Anthony Towns, will also participate in a couple of the ancillary contests over the weekend too.

Minnesota Timberwolves competing on All-Star Weekend

No, unfortunately Ant won’t be in the dunk contest, like Wolves fans have been longing for. He will participate in the skills competition, though, another All-Star competition KAT has already won. Karl, later that night, will go for another 3-point contest trophy.

Chris Finch also earned the honor of coaching the West on Sunday night, at the All-Star game. Even t hough the Timberwolves now sit 3rd place in the conference now, they stood on top a few nights ago when All-Star coaches were named.

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The festivities on Saturday February 17 begin at 7 PM CT. The All-Star game on Sunday the 18th begins at 7 pm CT too, and is also on TNT. All events can also be streamed on (HBO) MAX.

]]> Thu, 08 Feb 2024 12:53:17 +0000 Minnesota Timberwolves Karl-Anthony Towns to Compete in 3-Point Contest https://www.minnesotasportsfan.com/minnesota-timberwolves/karl-anthony-towns-to-compete-in-3-point-contest/ Wed, 09 Feb 2022 01:13:18 +0000 https://www.minnesotasportsfan.com/?p=37996 Karl-Anthony Towns is already an all-star but it was announced on Tuesday night that he will also participate in the Mountain Dew 3-point competition the Saturday before (Feb 19). It will be his first time taking part in the 3-point contest but it’s not his first appearance on an NBA all-star Saturday. KAT had an impressive showing in the 2016 skills competition.

Towns has the 4th-best 3-point percentage on the season (Basketball-Reference), out of all eight contestants, but doesn’t shoot nearly as many shots from beyond the arc as the others. There’s a reason he’s the only big man participating. We’ll see if that matters in any way once the lights come on. It’ll be fun to watch KAT and LaVine, two best friends, compete against each other.

  1. Luke Kennard : .428 (425 Attempts)
  2. Patty Mills: .425 (405)
  3. Desmond Bane: .414 (353)
  4. Karl-Anthony Towns: .406 (244)
  5. Zach LaVine: .401 (322)
  6. Fred VanVleet: .396 (457)
  7. CJ McCollum: .385 (289)
  8. Trae Young: .372 (371)

Eric Strack | Minnesota Sports Fan

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